James Brown Selkirk Plaque, Scotts Place, Selkirk is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 December 1996. Plaque.

James Brown Selkirk Plaque, Scotts Place, Selkirk

WRENN ID
late-jamb-marsh
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 December 1996
Type
Plaque
OS grid reference
NT 472 287
Coordinates
55.54925, -2.83834
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The James Brown Selkirk Plaque, created by Thomas J Clapperton in 1931, is a bronze plaque mounted on a red sandstone, coped wall pier. It is located to the south of Victoria Halls, at the corner of High Street and Chapel Street in Selkirk. The plaque features a bas relief of two draped figures embracing within a segmental-arched niche. Below this image is the inscription: "Then I turn to sister Jean/ And my airms about her twine." Below the figures is a three-quarter view bust portrait of James Brown Selkirk, along with the text: "J B Selkirk (James Brown (1832-1904) Poet and man of Letters. Author of 'Selkirk after Flodden' erected by Admirers of his works 1931."

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